Nehemiah 2 — Logos by Kai'Ros

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Nehemiah

Chapter 2

KJV · Textus Receptus

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

1Na ɛbaa sɛ, bosome Nisan mu, ɔhene Artasasta afe a ɛtɔ so aduonu mu, na nsã wɔ n'anim: na mefaa nsã no, na mede maa ɔhene. Na anka mfitiaseɛ no, m'anim nyɛɛ mmɔbɔ wɔ n'anim da.Under pastoral review

2Ɛno enti ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, Adɛn enti na w'anim ayɛ mmɔbɔ, wonyare nso? yei nyɛ hwee sɛ akoma mu awerɛhoɔ. Afei mesuroo yie pa ara,Under pastoral review

3Na meka kyerɛɛ ɔhene sɛ, Ɔhene ntena ase daa: adɛn enti na m'anim renyɛ mmɔbɔ, ɛberɛ a kuro no, m'agyanom adamena beaeɛ, ada mpan, na ogya asɛe n'apono?Under pastoral review

4Afei ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, Ɛdeɛn na wobisa? Enti mebɔɔ mpaeɛ frɛɛ ɔsoro Onyankopɔn.Under pastoral review

5Na meka kyerɛɛ ɔhene sɛ, Sɛ ɛsɔ ɔhene ani, na sɛ w'akoa anya adom wɔ w'ani so a, ma soma me kɔ Yuda, kuro a m'agyanom adamena wɔ mu no mu, na mensi.Under pastoral review

6Na ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ me, (na ɔhemmaa nso tena ne nkyɛn,) sɛ, Wo kwan no bɛkyɛre sɛn? na da bɛn na wobɛsane aba? Enti ɛsɔɔ ɔhene ani sɛ ɔsoma me; na mehyɛɛ no berɛ.Under pastoral review

7Bio, meka kyerɛɛ ɔhene sɛ, Sɛ ɛsɔ ɔhene ani a, ma wɔmma me nkrataa nkɔma sodifoɔ a wɔwɔ asubɔnten no agya, sɛdeɛ wɔbɛma matwa mu akɔsi sɛ mɛduru Yuda;Under pastoral review

8Ne krataa a ɛkɔ Asaf, ɔhene kwaeɛ so hwɛfoɔ nkyɛn, sɛdeɛ ɔbɛma me nnua a mede bɛyɛ ahemfie a ɛbata efie no ho no apono mmeamu, ne kuro no ɔfasuo, ne efie a mɛkɔ mu no. Na ɔhene maa me, sɛdeɛ me Onyankopɔn nsa pa a ɛda me so no teɛ.Under pastoral review

9Afei mebaa sodifoɔ a wɔwɔ asubɔnten no agya nkyɛn, na mede ɔhene nkrataa no maa wɔn. Na ɔhene asoma asraadɔm asafohene ne apɔnkɔsotefoɔ aka me ho.Under pastoral review

10Ɛberɛ a Sanbalat, Horonni no, ne Tobia, akoa no, Amonni no tee no, ɛhaa wɔn yie sɛ ɔbarima bi aba sɛ ɔrehwehwɛ Israel mma yiedie.Under pastoral review

11Enti mebaa Yerusalem, na medii nna mmiɛnsa wɔ hɔ.Under pastoral review

12Na mesɔre anadwo, me ne mmarima kakraa bi ka me ho; na manka deɛ me Onyankopɔn de ahyɛ m'akoma mu sɛ menyɛ wɔ Yerusalem no ankyerɛ obiara: na aboa biara nka me ho, gye aboa a mete ne so no.Under pastoral review

13Na mefirii adi anadwo faa bɔnhwa ɛpono no mu, kɔɔ ɔtweaseɛ abura no anim, ne sumina ɛpono no ano, na mehwɛɛ Yerusalem afasuo a abubu no, ne n'apono a ogya asɛe no.Under pastoral review

14Afei mekɔɔ asubura ɛpono no ano, ne ɔhene atare no ho: nanso na baabi nni hɔ a aboa a mete ne so no bɛtumi afa.Under pastoral review

15Afei meforo kɔɔ anadwo faa asuwa no ho, na mehwɛɛ ɔfasuo no, na mesane baeɛ, na mefaa bɔnhwa ɛpono no mu wuraa mu, na mesane baeɛ.Under pastoral review

16Na sodifoɔ no annim baabi a mekɔeɛ, anaa deɛ meyɛeɛ; na na menka nkyerɛɛ Yudafoɔ, anaa asɔfoɔ, anaa adehyeɛ, anaa sodifoɔ, anaa nkaeɛfoɔ a wɔyɛ adwuma no.Under pastoral review

17Afei meka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Mohunu ahohia a yɛwɔ mu, sɛdeɛ Yerusalem ada mpan, na ogya ahye n'apono: mommra, na momma yɛnsi Yerusalem ɔfasuo, na yɛankɔ so anyɛ animguaseɛ bio.Under pastoral review

18Afei meka me Onyankopɔn nsa pa a ɛdaa me so no ho asɛm kyerɛɛ wɔn; ne ɔhene nsɛm a ɔka kyerɛɛ me no nso. Na wɔkaa sɛ, Momma yɛnsɔre nsi. Enti wɔhyɛɛ wɔn nsa den maa adwuma pa yi.Under pastoral review

19Nanso ɛberɛ a Sanbalat, Horonni no, ne Tobia, akoa no, Amonni no, ne Gesem, Arabni no tee no, wɔsere dii yɛn ho fɛw, na wɔbuu yɛn animtiaa, na wɔkaa sɛ, Ɛdeɛn adeɛ na moreyɛ yi? mobɛte ɔhene so atua anaa?Under pastoral review

20Afei mebuaa wɔn, na meka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Ɔsoro Onyankopɔn, ɔno na ɔbɛma yɛn nkɔsoɔ; ɛno enti yɛn, n'asomfoɔ, yɛbɛsɔre asi: na mo deɛ, monni kyɛfa, anaa kwan, anaa nkaeɛdeɛ wɔ Yerusalem.Under pastoral review

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